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Electronic Auction 460

Lot nuber 2

IBERIA, Punic Iberia. Circa 237-209 BC. Æ Half Unit (18.5mm, 4.51 g, 12h).


Electronic Auction 460
Lot: 2.
 Estimated: $ 300

Greek, Bronze

Sold For $ 475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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IBERIA, Punic Iberia. Circa 237-209 BC. Æ Half Unit (18.5mm, 4.51 g, 12h). Helmeted male head right / Palm tree. MHC 113; ACIP 581. Dark green–black patina. EF.

From the Matthew Curtis Collection.

The portrait on this Carthaginian bronze of Spain is of exceptional interest because of the direct parallel it offers to the portrait on silver didrachms struck by the Epirote king Pyrrhos during his campaign in southern Italy (K. Rutter, Greek Coinages of Southern Italy and Sicily, no. 98; BMC Thessaly pl. XX, 11). They compare so favorably in both style and content that either one was inspired by the other, or, more likely, they share the same sculptural prototype.

Closing Date and Time: 29 January 2020 at 10:00:20 ET.

All winning bids are subject to an 18% buyer’s fee.